Directed Electronics MERLIN 2000 User Manual

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table of contents

Bitwriter™, Code Hopping™, DEI®, Doubleguard®, ESP™, FailSafe®, Ghost Switch™, Learn
Routine™, Nite-Lite®, Nuisance Prevention Circuitry®, NPC®, Revenger®, Silent Mode™, Soft Chirp®,
Stinger®, Valet®, Vehicle Recovery System®, VRS®, and Warn Away® are all Trademarks or Registered
Trademarks of Directed Electronics, Inc.

What Is Included . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Installation Points to Remember . . . . . . . . . . 4

Deciding on Component Locations . . . . . . . . . 5

Siren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Control Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Valet/Program Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Finding the Wires You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Obtaining Constant 12V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
12V Switched Ignition Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Starter Wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
(+) Parking Light Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Making Your Wiring Connections. . . . . . . . . . . 8

Primary Harness (H1), 14-Pin Connector . . . . . 9

Primary Harness Wire Connection Guide. . . . . 10

Making Siren Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Enabling the Back-Up Battery Siren . . . . . . 14

Plug-In LED and Valet/Program Switch . . . . . . 15

On-Board Doubleguard Shock Sensor . . . . . . . 15

Transmitter/Receiver Learn Routine. . . . . . . . 16

System Features Learn Routine . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Features Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Feature Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Multi-Level Security Arming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Nuisance Prevention Circuitry . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Arming Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Disarming Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Table of Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Wiring Quick Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . 24